Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed a Merit Cross for War

a Merit Cross for War Assistance

87 mm in diameter

on top of heavily padded black wool

Footnote: This badge was introduced on May 27

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Badge, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed a Merit Cross for War(Fallschirmschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink with brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a diving Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by